Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Building E51.

Meetings and Events


Our group has been meeting since April 1994. We formed our group as part of The Boston Computer Society (BCS); when the overall BCS organization dissolved itself, we chose to continue on as an independent user group.

Most of our meetings are held on the M.I.T. campus. Here is M.I.T.'s list of User Groups on Campus, including the dates and locations each group has scheduled.

Index of speakers at BLU events



Meeting Schedule


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Schedule for 1999

Tue, Dec 14, 1999 (tech)Network Security
Sun, Dec 05, 1999 (social) New England Perl Mongers Paint Ball Masasacre
Wed, Nov 17, 1999 (tech)The MicroOptical Eyeglass Display System
Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (tech)Overview of FreeBSD
Sat, Oct 09, 1999 (hands-on) Linux InstallFest VI
Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (tech)DDD - The Data Display Debugger
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (tech)Overview of sourceXchange
Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (tech) Distributed Development of Open Source Projects
Sat, Jul 10, 1999 (social) Annual Summer BBQ V
Mon, Jun 21, 1999 (special) Red Hat Road Tour
Wed, Jun 16, 1999 (tech)Lar Kaufman - "Running Linux" - 3rd Edition
Wed, May 19, 1999 (tech)CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux
Sat, May 01, 1999 (hands-on) Linux InstallFest V
Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (tech)Meet the Members
Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (tech) SAMBA Enchanted Evening
Wed, Feb 17, 1999 (tech)XTC - The X Tool Collection
Wed, Jan 20, 1999 (tech)SmallTalk and VisualWorks on Linux

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